Lifeguards
The RNLI lifeguards started their first season on Jersey's beaches on 28 May 2011.
13 professional RNLI lifeguards will patrol St Ouen's, St Brelades Bay and Plemont beaches between 10am and 6pm from Saturday 28 May until Sunday 2 October. Safety patrols will start on Greve de Lecq on Saturday 2 July in time for the peak summer season when the number of lifeguards in Jersey will be boosted to 18.
11 lifeguards have travelled from Australia, a number of who are returning for their second season in Jersey. One of the lifeguards is from the UK and has worked for the RNLI for the previous five seasons, and one is a local Jersey resident, an asset the RNLI hopes to see more of on Jersey's beaches.
The lifeguards will also be visiting local schools to deliver vital beach safety education and will continue to work with the RNLI's Education Volunteer with the aim of visiting every school on the Island in 2012.
For beach safety information please click here and for information about rip currents, click here.
If becoming an RNLI Lifeguard was something of interest, then you might like to know that to work or volunteer as a lifeguard for the RNLI you need to
1) hold and maintain a valid surf lifesaving qualification, which are usually obtained via a commercial provider or through a volunteer lifesaving club. You can find out more information about these by visiting the SLSGB or RLSS websites.
2) meet the following RNLI fitness standards:
- 200m pool swim in under 3.5 minutes
- 400m pool swim in under 7.5 minutes
- 25m pool swim underwater and 25m surface swim consecutively in under 50 seconds.
- 200m beach run in under 40 seconds
To find out more, or to apply for a job as an RNLI lifeguard visit www.rnli.org.uk/jobs
St Helier ALB called to assist an 11m sailing vessel
The St Helier Royal National Lifeboat Institution's all-weather Tamar class lifeboat, George Sullivan, was launched just after 6pm this afternoon, Monday 14th May, in response to a call from a yacht in distress.
